Where Integrity Meets Inspiration

Mapping High Character Leadership

Balancing Sustainability with Change

Reliability, honesty and courage for moving forward in triumph and failure

Tools of True Service

Activating spirit, compassion and humility for success

Listening Through the Noise

Instruments for evaluation, planning and communication

A Lifetime of Learning

Leading from wisdom and genuine care

Philosophy

Across her 30 years of experience as a consultant, speaker, professor and scholar, Mary Clare, Ph.D. has worked to support high character leadership that bridges diverse perspectives and priorities. Most recently she has extended her work with the developmental orientation of Elderhood ™.

Working closely with NGO’s, higher education, government agencies, health care organizations, communities and schools, Dr. Clare has developed reliable consultation and coaching strategies, along with techniques for assessing and achieving collaboration by focusing on clarity of vision and communication. Read More

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Ex:Change

UPDATE: 6/7/17 Accounts from people present on Sunday must come into play. Late in this blog, I suggest that the “protesters should not be dismissed as childish.” The photo above also implies these officials as proxy for the balance I describe. The new information indicates that undue force was used by the police – physical force, tear gas, rubber bullets. It indicates that once again, people of color among the counter-protesters were… Read More

“It will always be important to have a community of people who support each other and work together for the struggle. Yes, for the struggle for all people.” Bruce McQuakay Saturday Memorial Day weekend, 2017 Seven years ago, on Fathers’ Day, Bruce McQuakay and I saw one another at the annual Delta Park pow wow. Bruce, who described himself as Tlingit and Apache, was not a father yet – that was still… Read More

Remember the game we played when we were little? The one who was “it” walked around the outside of a kiddo-circle tapping every next person on the head. “Duck.” “Duck.” “Duck.” “Duck.” “Duck.” “GOOSE!” Then the running commences. The “it” child takes off like a shot – running around the circle. The “goose” child tries to catch them. If caught, “it” stays “it” – if not, the new “it” starts making the duck/goose… Read More